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Victory
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Posted: 10/6/2019 12:29 PM
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Summing the probabilities on TeamRankings gives about 80.7 eligible teams. I count that 78 teams qualify.

I expect that at 6-6 we would be one of the first eligible teams left at home.

https://www.teamrankings.com/ncf/projections/standings /
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Posted: 10/6/2019 12:46 PM
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With the way the season has gone thus far is Ohio going to be bowl eligible is more of the question than a MACC. Ohio IMO has to win against NIU an Kent to push the team over .500 to feel in the east driver seat with any confidence. With Kent its unclear yet how good they will be once the get into MAC play but putting them and Buffalo down a game would put Ohio in control. About not making a bowl game at 6-6, Solich hasn't made a bowl before at 6-6 so probably not.
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Posted: 10/7/2019 9:08 AM
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I doubt a 6-6 OU team gets an invite UNLESS there is a need to fill bowl spots. We live in a football world where there are so many bowls that 5-7 will get you there. That said, I think a 7-5 OU team is a lock but can they win 5 of their next 7!? After the 1-4 start, that may be a tall order.
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Posted: 10/7/2019 12:57 PM
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Tymaster wrote:expand_more
After the 1-4 start, that may be a tall order.
*1-3.
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Posted: 10/7/2019 1:00 PM
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Tymaster wrote:expand_more
I doubt a 6-6 OU team gets an invite UNLESS there is a need to fill bowl spots. We live in a football world where there are so many bowls that 5-7 will get you there. That said, I think a 7-5 OU team is a lock but can they win 5 of their next 7!? After the 1-4 start, that may be a tall order.
Can they give a bowl slot to a 5-7 team over a 6-6 team?
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Posted: 10/7/2019 1:18 PM
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The MAC might actually have trouble filling all its bowl slots. The MAC has five bowl slots this year but only four teams are .500 or better (Toledo, Central, Western and Eastern). An upset here or there could put the MAC in a bind.
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Posted: 10/7/2019 1:32 PM
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There is a weird stipulation to what 5-7 teams can get in but, one of them is placing all 6-6 teams in before 5-7 teams are offered a bowl trip.
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Posted: 10/7/2019 1:59 PM
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Pataskala wrote:expand_more
The MAC might actually have trouble filling all its bowl slots. The MAC has five bowl slots this year but only four teams are .500 or better (Toledo, Central, Western and Eastern). An upset here or there could put the MAC in a bind.

Team Rankings projects the following percentages for bowl eligibility:
Toledo: 99.8%
WMU: 95.8%
Ohio: 85.5%
Miami: 67.9%
CMU: 67.6%
EMU: 67.4%
Buffalo: 67.3%
Ball St: 48.8%
Kent: 31.5%
NIU: 15.4%
BG: .1%
Akron: 0%

Add those up, and you get about 6.5 expected bowl eligible teams. I don't think filling 5 slots will be a problem, though some of those teams may well be 6-6. While the OOC records were not good, it would appear that most of the ten other teams will go 2-0 against BG and Akron, which will make up for it.
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Posted: 10/8/2019 11:05 AM
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L.C. wrote:expand_more
The MAC might actually have trouble filling all its bowl slots. The MAC has five bowl slots this year but only four teams are .500 or better (Toledo, Central, Western and Eastern). An upset here or there could put the MAC in a bind.

Team Rankings projects the following percentages for bowl eligibility:
Toledo: 99.8%
WMU: 95.8%
Ohio: 85.5%
Miami: 67.9%
CMU: 67.6%
EMU: 67.4%
Buffalo: 67.3%
Ball St: 48.8%
Kent: 31.5%
NIU: 15.4%
BG: .1%
Akron: 0%

Add those up, and you get about 6.5 expected bowl eligible teams. I don't think filling 5 slots will be a problem, though some of those teams may well be 6-6. While the OOC records were not good, it would appear that most of the ten other teams will go 2-0 against BG and Akron, which will make up for it.
That Fiami-OHIO game could go a long way in deciding the bowl-fate of the two teams.
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